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Contrary to the buzz around the high-pitched news debates on televisions, the latest CVoter Media Consumption Survey 2020 has unraveled some interesting view points of over 5,000 survey respondents across India, covering all the districts in every state, representing the demographic profile according to the latest census figures.

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Indian audiences seem to be truly and sensory experience that Print enjoying the rising number of media offers can’t be beaten. content consumption choices, in This combined model of terms of numbers of outlets and conventional news vehicles and media platforms. And, Digital has digital media must be looked at emerged as an important exten- from a displacement angle rather sion of conventional news vehi- than replacement. While Indian cles. readers prefer to get breaking In fact, Print and Digital offer news updates and instant analy- an ideal combination of reach with sis on digital platforms, they still credibility. We now live in a world love Print reading for opinions, where a wealth of information is analysis, long-form narratives at our fingertips, but the tactile and infographics. In times when human attention is scarce, Indian audiences have voted largely for Print media. A resounding majority of Indians surveyed for the CVoter Media Consumption Survey 2020 have attached higher credibility to stories published in Print media, in contrast to the great buzz created around high-pitch debates on television. This survey finding has unraveled that Indian readers

s India continues to experi- ence the unprecedented health and financial micro- and macro-effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, CVoter, a premier Indian international polling agency headquartered in derive most value out of reportage Delhi, has recently been working in Print media even on topics, hard at assessing media con- which are conventionally consid- sumption trends given the rapid ered to be the domain of elec- shift in media landscape due to tronic media. the pandemic. When it comes to pure play Read on as we unpack some news and current affairs, the interesting highlights of the newspapers dominate the cover- enduring nature of the printed advertising is close to R30,600 CVoter Media Consumption age of news and current affairs word despite tough competition crore a year, as per KPMG esti- Survey 2020. with over 75% of survey respond- from the electronic media has mates. ents rooting for newspapers in important implications for adver- “news” reporting. The tising too. Currently, print media

Digital has Emerged as an Important Content Consumption Platform, both for TV and Print Indian audiences seem to be truly and sensory experience that Print enjoying the rising number of media offers can’t be beaten. content consumption choices, in This combined model of terms of numbers of outlets and conventional news vehicles and media platforms. And, Digital has digital media must be looked at emerged as an important exten- from a displacement angle rather sion of conventional news vehi- than replacement. While Indian cles. readers prefer to get breaking In fact, Print and Digital offer news updates and instant analy- an ideal combination of reach with sis on digital platforms, they still credibility. We now live in a world love Print reading for opinions, where a wealth of information is analysis, long-form narratives at our fingertips, but the tactile and infographics.

Good Old Media Values are Gripping Indian Audiences TV Content is Tightly perceived It's a great achievement for Superficial the print media to emerge as the most preferred choice of media consumption among Indian audiences. Good old With news TV getting news cycle – that’s a poor values of integrity, honesty, embroiled in controversies transition between the old credibility and detailed regarding manipulated viewer- world of periodic bulletins and reportage seem to be leading ship numbers, sensationalism, the advent of digital channels – the way in this era of views frenzied debates and biased is to be partly blamed for TV per post or TRPs. reportage, it’s increasingly not enjoying the preferred being perceived as a superficial channel status of Indian audi- and trite medium by media ences anymore. watchers. In the survey 72.90% said As a content medium, TV that the newspaper report grapples to cope with the gives more information than meteoric growth of digital the debate of TV news chan- entertainment. The 24-hour- nels.